Telephone-booth door.



E. W. WALSH.

TELEPHONE BOOTH DOOR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12, 1913 Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

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E. W. WALSH.

TELEPHONE BOOTH DQOR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12, 1913.

1,089,449 Patented Mar. 10, 19M

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EUGENE W. WALSH, 0F NEXV YORK, N. Y.

TELEPHONE-,BQOTH DOOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

Application filed September 12, 1913. Serial No. 789,480.

To all ohom it may concern Be 1t known that I, Enosxr. W. Vl/ALSH,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident V of New York, in the county and State of the same name, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Telephone-Booth Doors, of which the following is n specification.

This invention relates to doors and par-- ticularly to that class used in connection with telephone booths. I

The objects of the invention are, to provide doors that can be opened or closed easily and noiselessly from either side, withoutdanger of catching or pinching the fingers or garments of the operator, which will fold compactly upon themselves when in an opened position and which are. substantially sound proof when closed. These and other'objects, such as economy of construction, neatness of appearance and simplicity of action, are attained by the novel construction and combination of ports heroinafter' described and shown in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a tele phone booth in outline having a door' made in accordance with the invention, the some being shown in a. closed position. Fig. 2 is a similar. view of the same, but showing the door open. Fig. 3 is a transverse sec lionnl view of the booth taken on line 373 of Fig. l, the some being in n plane with the top of the door. Fig. 4 is a similar view, taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. is an enlarged plan viewof the front edge of the door. as rinsed and its casing. Fig. 6 is a partial plan view showing the joint be tween portions of the door, the same being in a elosed position. Fig. 7 is a similar plan view of the snmm'hut showing the door open or folded. Fig. 8 is a sectional view of tho (FqKF-IllZlllfI meansrtaken on line 8 of Fig. tl. Fig. 9 is a transverse. sectional view of the joint lmr and nttxaelmu-nt, taken on line 9 9 of Fig. l, and, Fig. It) is another plan view showing a modified form ol center joint. construction.

The booth may be of any preferred (:(in struetion with respect to the side walls It: and 11, rear wall 12, coiling 13 and haso 14, the latter being rovided with a raised flooring having no threshold raised above. the level of its surface. At the front of the booth a narrow jamb 1.6 is secured to the side wall 10, the edge of the jamb neizt the door having a hovel 17, of approximately twenty degrees. At the opposite s' e ofthe-door is a jamh 18 connected wit the side wall 11, and having its exposed edge fornied with a concave surface 19., the radius of which is taken at a definite point in front. of and toward the center of the door. Secured on the inner side of the jarnb l8 a strip 20,one edge of which. overlaps the extreme, thin edge of the The door is comprised of two moin elements 22 and 23, the former of which is secured by hinges to the iamb 16, but: in such'manner as to ovoid tight contact between its beveled edge 25 and the corresponding bevel 17 of the jnrnb'. The hinges 24 are arranged inside the booth, the pivotbeing spaced from the edge of the door a definite distan e shown. The outer edge of the door element 33 is curved to agree with the concave surface 19 but so arranged as to be slightly clear of it when the door is fnllv closed; the narrow opening being praci'ienllv impereqitihie from the front, or outer side and covered at the inside by the strip 20. The e door elements 22 and 23 have their :nljaeent edges, formed with interiorly eurvml reersfied outer corners 26 and 27, and beveled surfaces on the opposite inner eorncrs. Within the concave corners '26 and 27 is a vertitnllv disposed bar 28 o semi-eircular cross section, having a. flat {two 29 extending heyond'lhe surface of the. main ele ments of the door in and between which the main portion is surroumled. The elements 22 and 23 are connected together and with the bar 28 by hinges 30 disposed on the outer side of the. door, the pivot of the hinges being located at the center of the semi-circular liar so that the door elements may rotate about. it, the hinge heiug secured to the bar by means of screw eyes 31. which engage with the projecting ends of the hingev pins. ()n the top of hoth door elements, near the bar 39. are pivotally secured the ends of links 32, lhcir opposite free ends bein crossed one over the other and providoil with ah opening to receive the stem 33 of the equalizing .slide 34 which latter is mounted to slide. freely on the pin .5. rigidly secured at. one end in the center of the liar .28 and extending oppositoiv lo and at a right. angle with. the face Thus no matter What the no ion the door elemcntsmiay he. the joint hetween them is so cove ed as to protect the till fingers 'or' garments of a person using th booth from injury therein. In order to cause the door to move properly and fold closely out of the way of the user, and by a single pushing movement exerted preferably against the bar 28, a rod 38 is pivotally'connected to a bracket 39 attached to the inner side of the door element 23, midway of its width, its oppositeend being similarly engaged with another like bracket 40 attached to the rear Wall 12, sub stantially central and near the ceiling 13.

In the modification shown in Fig. 10 the door elements 22 and 23 are of the same con- I struction, but have between them a bar formed with two curved surfaces 50 and 51 respectively filling the concave edges 26 and 27; the radii of these curves is taken from two points which correspond with-the pin centers 52 and 53 of .the double hinge, the

are out of the way fi a person using the same and hence ofier no impediment. It is also noticeable-that the vertical bar, by reason of its location and .culiar action, at all timesextends outwar ly beyond the joint between the door elements thereby absolutely preventing the intrusion of anything therein.

I claim:

1. A'folding door comprising two main elements, the inner of which hin edly engages with a jamb at one edge an' with the outer element at the opposite edge, a supplementary element disposed between the said main elements, an equalizing means combined with said doorelements and means for rod, controlling the movement of the outer element.

2. A folding door comprising two main elements relatively wide and narrow, the latter being hingedlyengaged with a sup port in such manner as to swing away from it when operated, pivotal connections between said elements at their adjacent edges, .a vertical bar loosely confined within the joint between the adjacent edg'f; of said elements, reventing the intrusion of objects therebetween and means formaintaining said bar in operative position relative to the joint, irrespective of the position of said door elements.

A folding door comprising two main elements of unequal width, the na-ra ower being hingedly engaged with a jamb, curved recesses formed in the adjacent corners of said elements, a'loar having a semi-cylindrical cross section disposed in said recesses,

said bar having a fiat outer side, hinge connections between said elements, said hinged connections pivotally engaging said bar on the flat side thereof, and means combined with said elements and said bar whereby the fiat side is held at an angle uniform with each of said main elements, irrespective of their position.

4. A folding door comprising relatively wide and narrow elements, said narrow elements having an outwardly beveled 'outer edge, a jamb suited to the bevel of said narrow element, hinges on the inner side thereof and connecting therebetween, said hinges having their pivotal point adjacent to said jamband definitely spaced rearward from the edge thereof, a second jamb at the opposite side of the door, said second jsmb being formed with it concave recess along o I its front edge, the wider element being suited thereto, strip interior of said second jatnb extending past the inner edge thereof, hinges between said door elements, and means combined therewith preventing the entrance of objects to the joint therebetween and from either side thereof.

5. A folding door comprising two main elements, the inner of which is hingedly engaged with a jamb at one edge and with the outer element at the opposite edge, an equalizing means combined with said elements and their joint thereoetween, and a radius rod controlling the movement of the said outer element.

6. A folding door comprising three elements, the central element being substantiallv D shaped in cross section and partially incldsed by the outer elements, hinges engaging said outer elements and confining the said central element therebetween and means whereby the flat portion of said central element is caused to move in planes parallel to its original position when the door is operated.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

N EUGENE; N. WALSH.

Witnesses WARREN E. WALLIS, Manny. M. GLASSEY. 

